Event class: order, appointed, british empire, made, services, officer, awarded, honours, member, birthday honours

Events with high posterior probability

Jerry Mateparae	He was made an Additional Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the January 1999 New Year's Honours, for his service in Bougainville.
Greg Page (musician)	Page was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2010 :'' For service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities''.
Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead	He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year's Honours.
Leslie Crowther	Crowther was awarded the CBE in the 1993 New Year's Honours list in recognition of his years of charity work and went to Buckingham Palace to collect it in July 1993.
John Greig	Greig was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 15 November 1977.
Hilda Neatby	In 1967, Neatby was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
William Horrocks	On 3 June 1918 (in the King's Birthday Honours) Horrocks was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
Richard Brown (transport)	In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007, Brown was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to transport.
Denis Quilley	Denis Quilley was appointed an Officer (OBE) of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year Honours.
Richard Butler (Australian politician)	Butler was made a knight bachelor in 1913.
Ferdinand Biondi	In 1987, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for having'' promoted the development of a Canadian private broadcasting system with ingenuity and dedication''.
Sara Nathan (broadcaster)	She was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours, announced on 14 June 2008.
Jacques Dextraze	In 1978 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Michael Edwardes	In 1979 he was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Sammy Ofer	On 10 November 2008 he was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in recognition of his involvement with maritime heritage in the United Kingdom.
Ellis Wackett	Wackett was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 New Year Honours.
Richard Graham-Vivian	In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours he was made a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).
Jade Jones (taekwondo)	Jones was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to taekwondo.
Annie Lennox	In December 2010, it was confirmed that Lennox was in the New Years Honours List and would become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of her humanitarian work.
George Reid (Scottish politician)	He was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to Scottish politics and public life.
Patricia Staunton	In 1995, Staunton was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Nursing.
Roger Graef	He was awarded an OBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours list for services to film-making and broadcasting.
Richard Bonynge	Richard Bonynge was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to music in 1977.
Gilbert Monture	In 1946, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his work with the Board.
Rudy Wiebe	In 2000 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
William Dickson (RAF officer)	He was advanced Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1952 New Year Honours.
Richard Butson	Butson has been active with the St. John Ambulance for many years and was appointed Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John on 14 April 2009.
Jeffrey Miles	On 10 June 1994, he was made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia for'' service to the law and the community''.
Harvey Goldsmith	In 2007 Goldsmith was awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, for his work in the entertainment industry.
H. S. Cunningham	He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1889.
David Evans (RAAF officer)	For his service as CAS, he was raised to a Companion of the Order of Australia on 11 June 1984.
Eileen Younghusband (Le Croissette)	She was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to lifelong learning.
Alfred Bestall	In 1985, Bestall was honoured by Queen Elizabeth II, who appointed him a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Molly Parkin	In May 2012 she was awarded a Civil List Pension by the Queen for her services to the arts.
Malcolm Forsyth	In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Margaret Somerville	Among many honours and awards, in 1990, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia'' for service to the law and to bioethics''.
Ronald Hall	In the 1966 Queen's Birthday Honours, Queen Elizabeth appointed Hall Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).
Patsy Riggir	In the 1994 New Year Honours, Riggir was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.
Stanley G. Grizzle	As further recognition, he received the Order of Canada in 1995 from Governor General Roméo LeBlanc.
Jimmy Little	On Australia Day (26 January) 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia with the citation,'' For service to the entertainment industry as a singer, recording artist and songwriter and to the community through reconciliation and as an ambassador for Indigenous culture''.
Penny Hughes	She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the media industry.
Kenneth Maddocks	He was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1963 at the time of the Queen's visit to the Pacific.
Ernest Henry Lee-Steere	Lee-Steere was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours of 1988.
Stirling Moss	In the New Year Honours 2000 List, Moss was made a Knight Bachelor for services to Motor Racing.
William R. P. George	He received a CBE in 1996 for his services to local government.
Paul Hoffert	Hoffert was awarded the Order of Canada -LSB- CM -RSB- in 2004 for his contributions to music and the arts.
Fred Hilmer	Hilmer was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1998 for his service to management education, competition policy, and workplace.
John Anthony Harvey CBE	Harvey was awarded the CBE for services to the transport industry in 1992.
Don Spencer	On Australia Day (January 26) 2007 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) with the citation'' for service to children's music and television as a songwriter and performer, and through the establishment of the Australian Children's Music Foundation''.
Seymour King	Having previously been a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (C. I. E.), he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 15 August 1892.
Henry Wrigley	He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 New Year Honours.
Percy Thrower	He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1984.
Doreen Blumhardt	In the 1981 New Year Honours, Blumhardt was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to art, especially pottery.
James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid	In the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
Ron Southern	In June 1995, he was promoted to the level of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Malcolm Ross (literary critic)	In 1976, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada'' for his contributions to numerous educational bodies and for his work as an author and as editor of the New Canadian Library''.
Keith Mills	Mills was knighted in the 2006 New Year Honours in recognition of his services to sport.
Fraser Stoddart	He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the New Year's Honours December 2006, by Queen Elizabeth II.
Ralph Cochrane	In the New Year Honours 1943 Cochrane was appointed as a Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (Military Division.)
Jeffrey Smart	Smart was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2001 for his service to the visual arts, particularly through his distinctive portrayal of the urban landscape, and through the encouragement offered to young artists.
Mark Todd (equestrian)	In the New Year Honours 2013 Todd was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to equestrian sport.
Daryl Dawson	In 1980, Dawson was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
Betty Boothroyd	In April 2005 she was appointed the Order of Merit, an honour in the personal gift of the Queen.
Simon Murdoch	He was appointed to the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009.
Charles Royds	On 3 June 1929, he was appointed Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) in the Metropolitan Police Centenary Honours, and in the same year was made an ADC to the King.
Marie Tempest	She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1937, the same year in which her third husband, Graham Browne, died.
Jane Seymour (actress)	She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
Peter Viggers	Viggers was knighted in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Parliament.
Rosalind Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn	They had five children : Rosalind, Duchess of Abercorn was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.
John Gregory Crace	He had been appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1941.
Mona Hammond	Hammond was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O. B. E.) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for her services to drama in the UK.
Gillian Wearing	Wearing was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to art.
Valston Hancock	He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, gazetted on 2 June.
Compton Domvile (Royal Navy officer)	In 1898 he was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Stuart Clarence Graham	Graham was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Brian Close	In 1972 he was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his services to cricket.
Thomas Spring (British Army officer)	He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1880.
John Downing	He raised money for a new ambulance for St. John Ambulance and in 1983 received the St. John Priory Award from Governor General Ed Schreyer.
Anne McLellan	On May 9, 2013, she was appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence for her achievements in politics, law and advanced education.
Elsa Chauvel	On 13 June 1964, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire,'' in recognition of service to the Australian film industry.''
Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya	Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna was made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on 24 May 1881 and the estimation with which Indian scholars held him is marked by the title of Nyayratna.
George Mallet	In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him the honour of Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George (GCMG).
Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau	He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1879.
Arthur Lismer	In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Sam Hunt (poet)	and in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to poetry.
Carl Hester	In the New Year Honours 2013 Hester was appointed as a Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to equestrianism.
Basil Schonland	He was knight ed by Queen Elizabeth II in 1960 for his services to British science.
Floella Benjamin	She was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 2001.
Walter McGowan	He became the first Scottish world-boxing champion to be so honoured when he was in the Queen's Birthday honours list in 1966.
Ralph Willis	On 13 June 2011, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly in the areas of economic development and industrial relations, to the superannuation industry, and to the community.
Joseph Berardino	In 2004 Berardino was invested as a Knight of Malta.
Jason Roberts (footballer)	Roberts was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours list, for his services to sport in Grenada and in London, England.
David Fraser (British Army officer)	In the 1962 New Year Honours, Fraser was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
David Nash (artist)	In 2004, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
Leslie Plummer	In the King's Birthday Honours list of June 1949, Plummer was appointed as a Knight Bachelor.
Vincent Fean	He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 2005.
Va'aiga Tuigamala	In 2008, Tuigamala was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby and the community in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
William Ross Macdonald	In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Robert Bandeen	In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada'' in recognition of his contribution to the development of transportation in Canada''.
Geoffrey Finsberg	He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 New Year's Honours.